Paris Protests of 1968
How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down France's government. Witness speaks to Guy Sorman, a 24-year-old student at the time.
How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down France's government. Paris saw some of the worst of the unrest as protesters clashed with riot police. The students wanted changes to the archaic university system, while the workers pressed for reforms of the labour laws. Witness speaks to Guy Sorman, a 24-year-old student at the time.
Photo: Protesters descend the Avenue de l'0pera in Paris, during the May 1968 events in France. (Credit JACQUES MARIE/AFP/Getty Images)
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